Stellar Streams Movie (IMAGE)

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Stellar Streams Movie

Caption

Many streams are apparent in this grayscale movie (top panel), in which each frame shows stars at increasing distance from the Milky Way. The stellar streams, which appear as dark streaks in the top panel, are identified in the lower panel.

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Credit: Alex Drlica-Wagner (Fermilab), Nora Shipp (U. Chicago), and the DES Collaboration.

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